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acechemicals's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Outing, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
vixenreader's review
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Be aware that there are themes of parental neglect, rejecting a trans child, bi-erasure, putting actors in harm’s way, the influence of the internet, tension within unhealthy relationships, unhealthy polyamory, heartbreak, threats towards trans and queer folks, nudity in film, erasure of queer identity, and being forced back into the closet.the_true_monroe's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
stephmcoakley's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
stevia333k's review against another edition
4.25
Anyways, after a while certain parts about being trans were like oh good my transfemme self isn't alone.
The relationships though & the shadow work kinda went over my head because I'm aromantic but the workplace accident (because of how wreckless the directors were to black & queer lives) helped connect me to the kind of stuff he meant, so I am thankful he included workplace incidents like that.
Also the memoir isn't told as chronologically, so basically if you're taking notes then I recommend trying to make a character list sort of glossary since the time dimension doesn't sort them, but some segments are like public letters.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
moliviabow's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
clarelou07's review against another edition
3.5
- The chapters feel like short stories, scattered throughout Elliot's life
- There is a lot about sex and relationships (which makes sense given Page's coming out as gay paving the way to be himself). However, there are some sex scenes from their younger years which read as sexual abuse. Beware if this is a trigger.
- As a Southern queer nonbinary person, Elliot's reflection on sexuality and gender was refreshing to read. I wish the world were kinder to exploration like this, and I'm happy Page exists publicly to share his story.
- While wanting to love this, the book was okay for me. I'm generally not a memoir person, but wanted to give this a shot.
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sugarbucky's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment
sierrabowers's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
thriftstoreclown's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Outing
Minor: Deadnaming, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Some of these subjects are kind of par for the course when contextualized with what we know about Elliot publicly already (as a public figure who came out as a lesbian in 2014 before eventually coming out as trans) such as lesbophobia, transphobia, religious bigotry, mentions of (potential) hate crimes. But Elliot’s story is also full of history not only around the Canadian landscape of his youth, but also of characters that he has played, and he does not shy away from sharing all of the gory details of